In 1920, the United States consumed 21.3 quadrillion BTU of primary energy. The population at the time was 106 million. https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/an

In 1920, the United States consumed 21.3 quadrillion BTU of primary energy. The population at the time was 106 million. https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.php?t=ptb1601 https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/annual/showtext.php?t=p... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_Census https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_Census In 2018 the United States consumed 101.2 quadrillion BTU of primary energy, with a population of 327 million. https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/charts/Energy/Energy_2018_United-States.png https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/content/assets/images/charts/Ene... https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/ https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population... Primary energy consumption per capita in the United States increased about 54% in the last 100 years, not 5000%. Global energy consumption per capita has grown by nearly 300% since 1920: http://theoildrum.com/files/per-capita-world-energy-by-source.png http://theoildrum.com/files/per-capita-world-energy-by-sourc... This is still much less than 5000%.